The Current State of AI: One Man's Opinion

Roger C. Schank

Abstract

In this article I wish to address some of the problems that confront AI. I am giving, no doubt, what amounts to no more than one man's opinion. It is my hope, in expressing these opinions, that the issues begin to be discussed in some public forum. I will attempt to start this debate by answering some questions about the field that have been posed to me over time. In some cases, what follows are questions that I have simply posed to myself.